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Wild Life - North
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With an average of only 51 people per square kilometre, Northern Cyprus
holds the enviable reputation of being relatively free of pollution,
industry or high concentrations of population. And with 387 km of
coastline and pine, cypress and maquis covered hillsides; Northern
Cyprus is something of a haven for wildlife. Northern Cyprus plays host
to over 1600 plant species of which 22 are endemic, 350 species of
birds, of which 7 are endemic, and 26 different species of reptile and
amphibian. The two main reasons for this amazing diversity are, firstly,
that Cyprus was not affected by the last ice-age (which wiped out many
species from areas further north), and secondly, that Cyprus forms a
resting, and nesting, station for birds migrating between Africa and
Eastern Europe. |
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